e/Great Lakes Compact

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has gloss	eng: The Great Lakes Compact is a pact between eight Great Lakes states and the Canadian Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, barring other states and foreign countries from tapping into the Great Lakes' water supply, with certain exceptions . Shipping water in containers larger than 5.7 gallons are considered diversions and prohibited . It also requires the member states of the Great Lakes Commission to begin regulating their own water use, and to promote conservation of the lakes . Motivation to develop the compact was started by a failed attempt in 1998 by a Canadian company to export up to 158,000,000 gallons of water each year to Asia .
lexicalization	eng: Great Lakes Compact
instance of	(noun) a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America Great Lakes